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The test version of this unique receiver has been delivered for integration testing onboard the Lunar Pathfinder spacecraft.Read More > By Peter Gutierrez April 29, 2022 ADVA GNSS Assurance Software Now Integrates Into Third Party Receivers to Protect Against CyberattacksADVA’s Ensemble Sync Director GNSS assurance software can now integrate into any unmonitored third party receiver, helping to protect against jamming and spoofing cyberattacks—a growing problem for critical infrastructure and network operators.Read More > By Inside GNSS April 22, 2022 Earth Day A Good Day for GNSS-based AgricultureAward-winning French company Agreenculture has developed an affordable GNSS RTK-based guidance system for surveying and robotic machine operations in agriculture. AGC Box is rugged, easy to use and flexible, and provides precise and reliable positioning and navigation.Read More > By Peter Gutierrez April 22, 2022 iPosi, VT-ARC Developing GPS/GNSS System for DOD 5G Shared SpectrumThe DOD’s Defense Spectrum Office (DSO) recently contracted iPosi and Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation (VT-ARC) to develop a GPS/GNSS system that measures radio frequency (RF) path-loss, with the goal of increasing shared spectrum without interference.Read More > By Inside GNSS April 13, 2022 New Technology to Help the Blind and Visually Impaired Better NavigateIntelligent Material Solutions (IMS) is taking a new approach to helping the blind and visually impaired (BVI) navigate in cities and other environments, using a technology that dovetails on GPS to provide more precise geo-location.Read More > By Renee Knight April 8, 2022 Satelles to Provide its STL service to NISTThrough a collaborative agreement, Satelles will provide its Satellite Time and Location (STL) PNT service to the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), expanding precision timing distribution options for critical infrastructure.Read More > By Renee Knight April 6, 2022 Tallysman Wireless Adds XF Feature to Precision GNSS AntennasTallysman recently added eXtended Filtering (XF) to its line of VeroStar® housed and embedded precision GNSS antennas. The XF feature is designed to mitigate interference from all near-band signals.Read More > By Inside GNSS April 5, 2022 Graphing a Way out of Multipath: Robust Navigation for Autonomous Vehicles and RobotsA factor-graph optimization-based GNSS positioning method uses GNSS pseudorange and Doppler observations to estimate position, velocity, and receiver clock biases. Added constraints on past and current graph nodes of the graph using time-difference observations of the GNSS carrier phase improve the accuracy, and a robust optimization method excludes multipath outliers. Experimental results reduce horizontal positioning error from 5 to 10 meters to 1.37 meters.Read More > By Inside GNSS March 31, 2022 Synthetic Meta-signal Measurements from Side-band ObservationsThis research derives effective formulas relating GNSS meta-signal observations to the measurements obtained from its side-band components, when processed independently in a standard receiver architecture. Meta-signal processing can lead to high-accuracy solutions even under harsh conditions.Read More > By Inside GNSS March 31, 2022 The Inertialist: Fundamentals of Inertial NavigationIn this second column we consider fundamental principles of inertial navigation that derive position, velocity and angular orientation from measurements of accelerometers and gyroscopes.Read More > By Andrey Soloviev MORE NEWS May 9, 2022 Semtech Adds Multi-Band Capabilities to the LoRa Edge PlatformSemtech’s LoRa Edge device-to-cloud geolocation platform now features multi-band capabilities, with LoRa Edge LR1120 allowing for direct satellite-connected Internet of Things (IoT) applications for supply chain management and logistics.Read More > By Inside GNSS May 5, 2022 Septentrio Expands its Product Portfolio for Marine MarketThe housed AsteRx-U3 Marine and the OEM board AsteRx-m3 Fg are the two new GNSS receivers for dredging, marine construction and offshore applicationsRead More > By Inside GNSS May 5, 2022 BizStation and u-blox bring high-precision to East Asia and OceaniaBizStation, a Japanes database solutions company, along with Switzerland’s u-blox, have announced a highly accurate, compact and low-cost positioning solution for markets in East Asia and Oceania.Read More > By Peter Gutierrez April 22, 2022 ComNav Introduces P300 Series GNSS TabletThe P300 Series from ComNav Technology combines a GNSS receiver with a tablet. Based on the K8 platform, the solution can be used in various applications, including precision agriculture, autonomous vehicles and machine control.Read More > By Inside GNSS April 6, 2022 Tallysman Wireless Adds XF Feature to Precision GNSS AntennasTallysman recently added eXtended Filtering (XF) to its line of VeroStar® housed and embedded precision GNSS antennas. The XF feature is designed to mitigate interference from all near-band signals.Read More > By Inside GNSS March 29, 2022 Snapdragon Modem-RF Systems Power Telit’s New 5G M.2 ModuleWith the company’s latest 5G data card release, Telit is offering OEMs and systems integrators a solution that supports new latency-sensitive applications.Read More > By Inside GNSS March 15, 2022 Compact Inertial Sensors from Silicon Sensing Vital to Mayflower Autonomous VoyagePrecise motion data from silicon IMUs advises vessel maneuveringDevices also assist measurement of ocean surfaceRead More > By Inside GNSS March 4, 2022 Linx Technologies Introduces 7 GNSS Active Ceramic Patch AntennasLinx Technologies recently expanded its GNSS portfolio, adding seven new GNSS active ceramic patch antennas. The antennas support GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, Beidou, NavIC, and QZSS systems in the L1/E1/B1, L2/E5/B2B and L5/E5/B2A bands.Read More > By Inside GNSS March 1, 2022 Hexagon | VERIPOS Expands SPAN GNSS+INS Portfolio for Dynamic PositioningEnsure safe operations through reliable, robust and continuous positioning with GNSS+INS integrationRead More > By Inside GNSS February 24, 2022 Software-Defined GNSS Receiver Goes Open SourceThe Finnish Geodetic Institute (FGI) of the National Land Survey of Finland announced the release of its software-defined receiver as open source for the international GNSS community. The GSRx software receiver has been extensively used as a research platform for the last decade in different national and international R&D projects to develop, test and validate novel receiver processing algorithms for robust, resilient and precise position, navigation and timing (PNT).Read More > By Inside GNSS February 17, 2022 New OEM Heading and Positioning Board Upgrades to Multi-Frequency GNSSHemisphere GNSS’s new Vega 34 OEM heading and positioning board enables users to upgrade to multi-frequency GNSS without changing pinouts. Integrators who use predecessor Hemisphere 34-pin products such as Crescent Vector H220 and Phantom 34 OEM boards can now transition to improved positioning performance and satellite tracking capabilities of the Vega series.Read More > By Inside GNSS MORE NEWS January 28, 2022 ION 2022 Fellow Memberships AnnouncedThe Institute of Navigation (ION)announced the recipients of the 2022 Fellow membership during the ION International Technical Meeting (ITM) and Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications (PTTI) meeting held January 25- 27, 2022 at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach in Long Beach, California.Read More > By Inside GNSS January 27, 2022 Human Engineering: Faragher AscendantFocalPoint Positioning, founded in 2015, is, as they say, very happening. Its Supercorrelation is a chipset-level software product for mobiles, wearables and vehicles that is changing the positioning game in urban environments. Interesting and energetic, FocalPoint founder Ramsey Faragher came out of the defense industry and has a risen rapidly in the GNSS firmament.Read More > By Peter Gutierrez January 21, 2022 Orolia CEO Courtois on Acquisition by SafranAs CEO Jean-Yves Courtois puts it, Orolia is focused on solving the hard problems. To do that, the France-based company, a global provider of resilient positioning, navigation and timing (RPNT) solutions, has become a technology integrator.Read More > By Inside GNSS January 12, 2022 JAVAD GNSS hires Head of Product DevelopmentIndustry veteran Simon Baksh is joining JAVAD GNSS as Head of Product Development. Baksh trained as a chartered surveyor and first applied his land and hydrographic survey expertise to optimize oil exploration working for Schlumberger internationally.Read More > By Inside GNSS December 16, 2021 Kassas Receives Air Force Young Investigator Award and Research FundinZak Kassas, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of California-Irvine, has receuved the Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). Kassas was one of 36 scientists and engineers from 30 institutions in the country to earn the recognition for 2022.Read More > By Inside GNSS October 21, 2021 Javier Benedicto Promoted to ESA Director of NavigationJavier Benedicto, for nearly 14 years the Head of the Galileo Programme Department within the Directorate of Navigation at the European Space Agency (ESA), has been appointed Director of Navigation at the agency.Read More > By Inside GNSS October 14, 2021 GNSS Expert Mark Psiaki Receives ION Kepler AwardThe Institute of Navigation’s (ION) Satellite Division presented Dr. Mark Psiaki with its Johannes Kepler Award during the Institute of Navigation (ION) GNSS+ 2021 Conference. In addition to many other achievements, Psiaki co-authored the Inside GNSS cover story, “TRANSIT on Steroids: Doppler-Based GNSS Meets Large LEO Constellations”Read More > By Inside GNSS October 8, 2021 Charlotte Neyret in Charge of EGNOS Service-Provider ESSP as CEOThe European satellite service provider (ESSP) placed Charlotte Neyret, former European Development Director for Thales Alenia Space, at its helm as chief executive officer.ESSP manages EGNOS, the European GNSS satellite-based augmentation system.Read More > By Inside GNSS September 20, 2021 Focal Point Positioning Hires LaMance as CXOFocal Point Positioning, a deep tech start-up whose technologies address the core problem of GNSS inaccuracies due to multipath and spoofing, hasannounced the hire of GPS industry veteran Jim LaMance as Chief Experience OfficerRead More > By Inside GNSS September 8, 2021 Focal Point Names Scott Pomerantz, formerly of Global Locate and Broadcom, as CEOFocal Point Positioning, a UK-based deep tech start-up whose patented technology improves the performance of GPS chips in smartphones, wearables and vehicles, announced the hiring of GPS industry veteran Scott Pomerantz as its new CEO.Read More > By Inside GNSS September 3, 2021 Airmar Welcomes Diana Sufariu as Director of EngineeringAIRMAR®Technology Corporation, a world leader in ultrasonic transducers and Chirp technology, is pleased to welcome Diana Sufariu to the company as Director of Engineering.Read More > By Inside GNSS MORE NEWS May 2, 2022 Safran Develops its Inertial Micro-sensor StrategySafran Electronics & Defense is taking a major step forward in its inertial navigation strategy by grouping two subsidiaries, Safran Colibrys (Switzerland) and the recently acquired Sensonor (Norway,) under a single banner, Safran Sensing Technologies.Read More > By Inside GNSS April 19, 2022 SWARCO and TomTom Sign New AgreementSWARCO, a leading traffic technology specialist, has entered into a strategic partnership with TomTom. Under the new agreement, high-quality traffic data from TomTom will become available to public entities using SWARCO’s urban mobility management suite MyCity.Read More > By Peter Gutierrez April 11, 2022 S.E.A. Datentechnik GmbH and M3 Systems sign V2X and ADAS PartnershipS.E.A. Datentechnik GmbH, a leading developer and system integrator for advanced RF and V2X test and measurement systems, serving chipset vendors, automotive suppliers, and OEMs, today announced a partnership with M3 Systems as a technology partner for advanced GNSS emulation technology. The new partnership ensures the provision of high quality GNSS tools for current and future automotive V2X and ADAS applications.Read More > By Inside GNSS April 8, 2022 Satelles to Provide its STL service to NISTThrough a collaborative agreement, Satelles will provide its Satellite Time and Location (STL) PNT service to the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), expanding precision timing distribution options for critical infrastructure.Read More > By Renee Knight April 1, 2022 Analog Devices to Showcase RF, Microwave and mmWave Solutions at IMS2022 Booth #3050Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) offers a full spectrum of RF expertise and devices. At IMS2022, ADI will showcase its latest RF, microwave, and millimeter wave technologies for instrumentation and aerospace & defense applications.Read More > By Inside GNSS March 29, 2022 Trimble RTX GNSS Now Integrated with Snapdragon Mobile PlatformsWith the integration of the Trimble RTX GNSS correction services platform with Snapdragon® 8 Gen 1 and Snapdragon 888 Mobile Platforms from Qualcomm Technologies, Android phone users now have access to more precise positioning for navigation, lane-level guidance and ridesharing pick-up destinations.Read More > By Inside GNSS March 28, 2022 Job Opportunity: (SES) Director, Center for Communications, Navigation, Surveillance Systems and EngineeringUS Department of Transportation, Cambridge, MAThis position is one of the Technical Centers at Volpe whose function is to undertake transportation analysis, research and system development that contributes to a compelling vision of the 21st Century transportation enterprise and supports decision making in the development, management, operation, and financing or an integrated multimodal national transportation system that meets 21st Century mobility needs for goods and people.Read More > By Inside GNSS March 9, 2022 2 NIST Reports Identify STL As Reliable Source of Resilient Timing for Critical Infrastructure, Backing Up GPSTwo recent government reports have labelled Satelles’ Satellite Time and Location (STL) as a reliable source of resilient timing for critical infrastructure.Read More > By Inside GNSS February 25, 2022 Smartphones Sold in EU Now Required to Leverage Galileo SignalsWith the help of Galileo signals, first responders in the European Union (EU) will have more accurate location information when calls come into the 112-emergency number, leading to faster response times and ultimately saving lives.Read More > By Inside GNSS February 17, 2022 New OEM Heading and Positioning Board Upgrades to Multi-Frequency GNSSHemisphere GNSS’s new Vega 34 OEM heading and positioning board enables users to upgrade to multi-frequency GNSS without changing pinouts. Integrators who use predecessor Hemisphere 34-pin products such as Crescent Vector H220 and Phantom 34 OEM boards can now transition to improved positioning performance and satellite tracking capabilities of the Vega series.Read More > By Inside GNSS February 16, 2022 pureL5 GNSS Digital IP Core and Customer Evaluation SystemoneNav announced the commercial availability of its pureL5 GNSS digital IP core, which directly acquire and track L5 signals from GPS, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS and GLONASS without any L1 aiding.Read More > By Inside GNSS MORE NEWSWashington View: Not There Yet; DOD Report Says M-Code Capability LagsDeus in the Machina: Machine-Learning Corrections for Improved Position AccuracyRead the Digital Edition All Features >Read the Digital EditionTwitterYouTubeLinkedInRSS Feed INDUSTRY VIEW More Industry News May 9, 2022 Semtech Adds Multi-Band Capabilities to the LoRa Edge Platform Read More > May 5, 2022 Septentrio Expands its Product Portfolio for Marine Market Read More > BizStation and u-blox bring high-precision to East Asia and Oceania Read More >GNSS TIMELINE More Timelines April 1, 2022 Analog Devices to Showcase RF, Microwave and mmWave Solutions at IMS2022 Booth #3050 Read More > March 28, 2022 Call for Papers (CfP) of the 2022 DGON Inertial Sensors and Systems (ISS) Symposium Gyro Technology Read More > March 21, 2022 AUVSI Xponential 2022 Read More >COLUMNS & EDITORIALS April 5, 2022 Graphing a Way out of Multipath: Robust Navigation for Autonomous Vehicles and RobotsA factor-graph optimization-based GNSS positioning method uses GNSS pseudorange and Doppler observations to estimate position, velocity, and receiver clock biases. Added constraints on past and current graph nodes of the graph using time-difference observations of the GNSS carrier phase improve the accuracy, and a robust optimization method excludes multipath outliers. Experimental results reduce horizontal positioning error from 5 to 10 meters to 1.37 meters.Read More > By Inside GNSS March 31, 2022 The Inertialist: Fundamentals of Inertial NavigationIn this second column we consider fundamental principles of inertial navigation that derive position, velocity and angular orientation from measurements of accelerometers and gyroscopes.Read More > By Andrey Soloviev March 30, 2022 Europe Initiates Ambitious SBAS Expansions: Dual-Frequency Multi-Constellation Signals Coming to EGNOSThe European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) will soon launch a new maritime solution that will make legacy and costly coastal ground-based augmentation systems redundant. Meanwhile, the next generation EGNOS V3, featuring dual-frequency, multi-constellation (DFMC) services, is set to come online by 2028, once GPS L5 is declared operational.Read More > By Peter Gutierrez MORE COLUMNS & EDITORIALSINSIDE GNSS MAGAZINECurrent Issue OnlineCurrent Digital EditionDigital Edition ArchiveHomeApplicationsColumnistsSubscribeCustom ContentAdvertiseCopyright © Inside GNSS Media & Research LLC. 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